Interviews and Eyewitness Identifications MCQs

Interviews and Eyewitness Identifications MCQs

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1: An approach to investigative interviewing designed to elicit accurate details from a witness’s _____ based on deep concentration is known as Cognitive Interview.

A.   Experience

B.   Memory

C.   Perception

D.   All of these

2: Confabulation is an inaccurate information that may be produced as a result of_____.

A.   Subconcious thoughts

B.   Threats

C.   Hypnosis

D.   None of these

3: Encoding Stage is the _____ stage of memory during which events and other stimuli are noticed.

A.   First

B.   Second

C.   Third

D.   None of these

4: Witnesses who personally saw the crime occur refer to Eyewitness.

A.   True

B.   False

5: Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness characterized by _____ responsiveness to suggestion.

A.   Increased

B.   Decreased

C.   No

D.   Both a and b

6: Any non accusatory questioning of a person, usually a witness, intended to produce information about a crime or a perpetrator is known as _____

A.   Investigative Interview

B.   Cognitive Interview

C.   Simultaneous Interview

D.   None of these

7: A method of eyewitness identification that involves a witness viewing a suspect and other subjects in a controlled setting under the direction of an investigator is known as_____

A.   Sequential Lineup

B.   Live Lineup

C.   Simultaneous Lineup

D.   None of these

8: The manner in which the perpetrator committed the crime is known as _____

A.   Modus Operandi

B.   Method of operation

C.   SOP

D.   Both a and b

9: Photo Lineup is a method of eyewitness identification that involves a witness viewing _____of a suspect and other subjects presented to the witness under the direction of an investigator.

A.   Photo

B.   Original person

C.   Both

D.   None

10: Witnesses who have direct knowledge of a crime or perpetrator refers to _____

A.   Eyewitness

B.   Primary Witness

C.   Secondary Witness

D.   None of these

11: In a lineup situation, the tendency of a witness to identify the person who most closely resembles the perpetrator, even though that person might be actually the perpetrator is known as Relative Judment Process.

A.   True

B.   False

12: The second stage of memory during which information is placed in memory is known as _____Stage.

A.   Encoding

B.   Retention

C.   Retrievel

D.   Both b and c

13: The final stage of memory during which stored information is recalled is known as Retrievel stage.

A.   Noticed

B.   Retained

C.   Recalled

D.   All of these

14: Witnesses who have information about events that occurred before or after the crime refer to _____

A.   Eyewitnesses

B.   Primary Witnesses

C.   Secondary Witnesses

D.   None of these

15: Lineup procedure whereby subjects are viewed by a witness individually, one at a time is known as _____

A.   Sequential Lineup

B.   Simultaneous Lineup

C.   Live Lineup

D.   Both a and b

16: Show Up Identification is a method of eyewitness identification that involves a witness viewing a suspect shortly after the crime occurred.

A.   True

B.   False

17: Lineup procedure whereby subjects are viewed by a witness all at the same time is known as _____

A.   Simultaneous Lineup

B.   Live Lineup

C.   Sequential Lineup

D.   None of these

18: Weapon Focus Effect is a phenomenon whereby witnesses tend to focus exclusively on the presence of the _____ during the commission of a crime to the detriment of other details about the event.

A.   Weapon

B.   Victim

C.   Suspect

D.   All of these

19: Yerkes Dodson Law is the principle that fear and stress improve eyewitness performance up to a certain point but then become _____.

A.   Overproductive

B.   Underproductive

C.   Counterproductive

D.   Any of these